Kotatea aurantiaca Quoy & Gaimard 1833, gen. et comb. nov.

Kotatea aurantiaca Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 gen. et comb. nov. Figs 1B–C, 2B, L, 3A–C, 7B, 8–10, 11A–C, E Alcyonum aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 [spelling of Alcyonium – lapsus calami]: 277, pl. 22 figs 16–18. Alcyonium aurantiacum – Benham 1928 in part: 71–75, figs 6–11. ? Alcyonium aurantia...

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Main Authors: Kessel, Gustav M., Alderslade, Philip, Bilewitch, Jaret P., Schnabel, Kareen E., Norman, Jerry, Potts, Romana Tekaharoa, Gardner, Jonathan P. A.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Alcyoniidae
Kotatea
Kotatea aurantiaca
New Zealand
North Cape
White Island
East Cape
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7094104
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7094104
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Summary:Kotatea aurantiaca Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 gen. et comb. nov. Figs 1B–C, 2B, L, 3A–C, 7B, 8–10, 11A–C, E Alcyonum aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 [spelling of Alcyonium – lapsus calami]: 277, pl. 22 figs 16–18. Alcyonium aurantiacum – Benham 1928 in part: 71–75, figs 6–11. ? Alcyonium aurantiacum – Powell 1947: 8, fig. 14. — Doak 1971: 44–46, pl. 20. — Westerskov & Probert 1981 in part: 111, pl. 28. — Grange et al. 2010 in part: 148. non Alcyonium aurantiacum – McFadden et al. 2006b (= Ushanaia fervens gen. et sp. nov.): 517, 521, 523, figs 1, 3. Diagnosis Colonies with branching lobes, colour varying from pale to dark orange, with white polyps. Collaret and points colourless and composed of warty spindles and some irregular and branched forms, clubs rare and small. Tentacles contain irregular, warty, scale-like sclerites. Polyp neck contains spiny spindles and warty rod-like sclerites. Polyp mounds contain slender, spiny clubs and warty rod- and spindle-like sclerites. Lobe and base surface contains radiates, clubs, and occasionally leafy spheroids. Lobe and base interior contains slender spindles and radiates. Etymology The species name is the feminine form of aurantiacum, the original species epithet (Quoy & Gaimard 1833). Material examined NEW ZEALAND – Northland • 1 specimen; ~ 14 km N of Piwhane / Spirits Bay; 34.3163° S, 172.7925° E; depth 68 m; 28 Jan. 1999; NIWA exped.; stn Z9702 (KAH9901 /73); NIWA 3972 • 1 specimen; ~ 14 km NW of Piwhane / Spirits Bay; 34.3510° S, 172.7088° E; depth 57 m; 28 Jan. 1999; NIWA exped.; stn Z9697 (KAH9901 /64); NIWA 3978 • 2 specimens; ~ 12 km NW of Piwhane / Spirits Bay; 34.3533° S, 172.7487° E; depth 55 m; 22 Apr. 1999; NIWA exped.; stn Z9753; NIWA 12656 • 1 specimen (cut into 2 fragments); ~ 3 km N of North Cape; 34.3668° S, 173.0003° E; depth 89 m; 27 Jan. 1999; NIWA exped.; stn Z9695 (KAH9901 /59); NIWA 3979 • 1 specimen; ~ 8 km N of Piwhane / Spirits Bay; 34.3690° S, 172.8250° E; depth 55 m; 25 Jan. 1999; NIWA exped.; stn Z9677 (KAH9901 /25); NIWA 3980 ...

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